Dante

[ dan-tee, dahn-tey; Italian dahn-te ]

/ ˈdæn ti, ˈdɑn teɪ; Italian ˈdɑn tɛ /

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noun

Dante Alighieri, 1265–1321, Italian poet: author of the Divine Comedy.

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How to use Dante in a sentence

The name came from Dante’s Inferno, in which the River Acheron carries people to hell.
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The sinners damned to eternal torment in Dante’s Inferno thank the narrator for his pity.
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In an emotional address at a press conference about the grand jury’s decision, de Blasio talked about how he and wife had had to “literally train” their teenage son Dante to “take special care” with officers.
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Because Chirlane and I have had to talk to Dante for years, about the dangers he may face.
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Grenier speaks about his favorite writers, from Dante to Fitzgerald, as if they are his best friends.
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Sorry Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, and Erasmus you must have been just a bad dream.
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He said it was a scene that only Dante could have described.
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The intellectual temperament finds voice in many great expressions, which are very Dante and also very Thomas, as Par.
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The poet Dante, then in his 24th year, was present, and served in the foremost troop of cavalry.
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But Dante did not impose his language upon Italy by the sole superiority of his great poem.
Frdric Mistral|Charles Alfred Downer
It is remarkable that Dante has copied the same passage, and has the word voltando; Inf.
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He spoke of Dante and Angelo, who were two of his heroes; he told of great experiences among the latter's titan frescos.
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British Dictionary definitions for Dante

Dante

/ (ˈdæntɪ, ˈdɑːnteɪ, Italian ˈdante) /

noun

full name Dante Alighieri (Italian aliˈɡjɛːri). 1265–1321, Italian poet famous for La Divina Commedia (?1309–?1320), an allegorical account of his journey through Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, guided by Virgil and his idealized love Beatrice. His other works include La Vita Nuova (?1292), in which he celebrates his love for Beatrice

Derived forms of Dante

Dantean (ˈdæntɪən, dænˈtiːən) or Dantesque (dænˈtɛsk), adjective

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Cultural definitions for Dante

Dante

[ (dahn-tay, dan-tee) ]

An Italian poet of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries; his full name was Dante Alighieri. Dante is remembered for his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, an epic about hell, purgatory, and heaven. The Divine Comedy was written as a memorial to Beatrice, a woman whom Dante loved and who died at an early age.